Game-table.



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GAMB TABLE. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 22. 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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GAME TABLE.

APPLICATION rILnn ocT.z2. 190s. v

Patented May 11, 1909.

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NETE@ LOUIS H. EILERS, OF CHICAGO, l'LLlNOlS.

GAME-TAB ne. sensei.

Application filed etober 22, 1908.

To all wzof/n it may concern:

Be it known that l, lonis ll. Einen., citizen of tlie United States,residirA Chicago, coifnty of Coeli, and oA nois, have invented certainnew and Improvements in Game-Tables, of wni following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in gaine tables, and has for itsobject to provide the top of a table witli the necessary means forconveniently keel-,sing count of the number' of points in a game ofcards so arranged as to be plainly visible to all the players takingpart in the game.

A further object of my invention is to provide an inclosed, dust-proofmechanism having a transparent center piece tliroiio'li which theregistering` dial may be easily read by the players.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

llsvitli tliese objects in view, my invention consists in a game tablecomprising a dial and a plurality of independently operated pointersmounted on said dial for registering the number of points that eacli"player is making in a gaine. And my invention fnrtlier consists incertain details of een struction and arrangements of parts all as willbe hereinafter fallv described and particularly pointed ont in theclaim.

illy invention will be more readily Understood by reference to theacconip drawings forming a part of this speciircation, and in wliicli,

Figure l is a top elevation of my improved card table in its preferredforni, Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing tlie centralregistering dial, TEig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a detailsection taken on tlie line of Fig, 2.

Referring nowto the drawings, l indicates a table top, and 2 a centrallydisposed circular glass plate embedded tlierein. rfable legs and sides lare provided, and a rectangular box 5 is centrally located and securedto the tog; l beneath the glass plate 2. The dial on the top surface oftlie bex 5 may have any suitable arrangement of numbers, but the sameare 'preferably arranged as sliown. The dial pointers 6, 7, 8 and 9 aresecured to tlie liiibs of tlie bevel gears 10, ll, l2 and 13,respectively, said liubs being concentrioally arranged and said gearsbeing superimposed as sliowii. A central standard or support laSpecification. of Letters :Fate-nt. Patented Sli-ay l l, 1909.

Serial No. 458,

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L`id shaftsbeing provided witii handles er inobs 25%. The driving bevelgears 22, 23 2iaiid 25 are do not wish to be limited thereto, as there ybe many changes made iii the details of con triiction and arrangement ofparts f detailing from the spirit of my iiiven-tion.

Having described claim as new, and d ters Patent, is:

ln a device of tlieelass described, table top, and a central glass`plate embedded therein, a rectangular bex secured to the under side ofsaid t l glass Vplate, a dial on box visible through said Vplate, a cendisposed s A aort riginly secured in the botto of said sox, andextendingl upwardly above the top of the box, a collai on said support,a series of sint-orimposed bevel gears resting one upon tlie otliers andsnpiiiortod by said collar, and

havin@ concentric linbs adapted to rotate oii said collar, dial"pointers by lie said si voort above secured to said linbs, and shaftsionrnaled in said bei; and ending ci warelvadjaecntto the edge of thetable top, and t" er gears on said shafts ada-rted to iirrsli with andto drive said first-named bevel (fears, respec- Jed.

tively, substantially as eescri ln testinwny whereof i. a name to thisspecifi two subscribing witnesses.

LCEUIS EllililS. itnesses JANET HOGAN, ANNA L. lzliivriLi..

